Running With Scissors

I was terribly dissapointed in Ryan Murphy's Running With Scissors. The film is about the dysfunction of dysfunctionary. A young teenagher and his mother go and live with a psychologist to fix themselves up but should have just been left alone. That was the morale of the story and it is interesting, but it doesnt work on the screen one bit, as everything seems forced and cliched. Just because a story hasn't been told, doesnt mean one can do it without coherence. I found this film overdone, surprisingly predictable and not subtle in any way. We, as an audience understand the attempt but it doesnt work structurally. The cast saved it a bit, especially Jill Clayburgh and Annette Bening, but it needed much more help. A truly below average try.